Assistant Store Manager

Company: Machine Mart Ltd
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Location: Colchester
Job Description:

What you’ll be doing:

  • Working with the Store Manager, you’ll share joint responsibility for the day to day running of the store
  • You will be working up to 45 hours per week – all extra time worked is paid or can be taken as time off in lieu
  • You’ll be leading by example, co-managing a small team of between 4 – 6 members of staff
  • You’ll be committed to motivating your team to deliver a great customer experience as well as achieving challenging sales targets
  • With a commitment to offering honest advice, you will build rapport with customers, exceeding their expectations and reassuring them when they’re bewildered by choice

What you’ll need – skills and experience:

  • Proven experience in a retail customer service orientated or sales environment
  • Supervisory or junior management experience within a retail or field sales position, ideally in a hard goods environment
  • You’ll have practical experience / knowledge of some or all of our product range
  • Proven ability to sell some or all of our product range
  • Proven ability to deliver excellent customer service to all of our customers
  • Proven experience in achieving sales targets
  • You’ll be a confident, enthusiastic team player
  • Your personal skills should include accuracy and numeracy as well as basic computer literacy
  • You’ll possess a high degree of self motivation and a can-do attitude
  • You’ll demonstrate a desire to succeed both individually and as co-leader of the team

What you’ll get in return for your commitment:

  • Staff Discounts
  • Healthcare Cash plans
  • A company pension scheme
  • Life Cover
  • Access to the Retail Trust, our well-being platform – offering a 24-hour helpline for a variety of support services
  • Discounts on 100s of high street & online brands including restaurants, holidays, and shopping
  • Role specific training and development
  • Proactive promotion of internal candidates
  • Paid Breaks
  • Free Tea & Coffee

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Posted: March 27th, 2026